"I love the John Jay community dearly," King said. "I am so proud of the work my administrative team, faculty, staff and students have done over the years."

Records obtained by the Journal appear to confirm Wappingers Superintendent Jose Carrion declined to recommend King for tenure last year.

King's separation agreement was signed March 6, according to a copy of the agreement, which the Journal obtained via a Freedom of Information request.

The school board on March 12 approved the "resignation of employee #407 named in the separation and release agreement dated (March 6) from the superintendent of schools."

Wappingers officials have not confirmed that King is employee #407.

But the board last November approved a "Juul agreement" for an administrative employee with that identification number, records show.

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John Jay High School Principal Bonnie King watches students arrive for the first day of school in September 2016. She has put in her resignation.(Photo: Patrick Oehler/Poughkeepsie Journal)

A Juul agreement is put in place to extend an employee's probationary appointment for an additional year, "in instances when the school superintendent decides to not recommend the person for tenure," according to the state School Boards Association.

Meanwhile, a reference letter Carrion wrote for King says the outgoing principal "has always received good to excellent evaluations in all of her different capacities in the District."

Under the terms of her separation agreement, the district agreed to pay King the value of any unused accrued vacation days that she's accumulated as of June 30, at her per diem rate. She will not be entitled to any other payout for unused leave accruals.

Wappingers also will give King the reference letter. A heavily redacted copy of the letter was provided to the Journal as part of the district's records request response.

A heavily redacted copy of a letter of reference Wappingers Superintendent Jose Carrion wrote for outgoing John Jay High School Principal Bonnie King.(Photo: Screen shot)

"This is a letter of recommendation for Ms. Bonnie King," Carrion wrote. "Ms. King has been in the District for the past 19 years. She has served as a music teacher, an Assistant Principal and High School Principal."

Prior to her December 2014 appointment as John Jay principal, King was a music teacher, an assistant principal at Van Wyck Junior High School, and assistant principal at John Jay. This school year, her salary is $138,795, according to district records.

Since King's resignation is not effective until the end of the school year, no interim principal will be appointed, Carrion has said.